Tenacious D

I still don’t think they have. Offense still very inconsistent (and flawed). I also think the starting pitcher injuries will catch up to us.

He moved to 2B next season when we sign Correa.

Prefer Jung, but Neto looks solid, too,

I prefer to think he was just practicing some Feng Shui in the clubhouse.

I sort of agree with this. I’m not as high on Baddoo, but ready to move on from Grossman.

We don’t know if Mayer wanted to play for the Tigers—it’s not unusual for a HS player to use the threat of college as leverage. I personally would have preferred Mayer, but it’s hardly a “debacle” that the Tigers took the best pitcher in the draft with their selection, after a few recent drafts where they focused on selecting position players. We saw with Manning that it can take longer for a high school pitcher to adjust to professional ball. The curve is probably greater for Jobe, who took up pitching later. I recall reading at the time of the draft that if a team had wanted to draft him as a SS, he would have likely gone in the third round, so he was fairly polished/accomplished there. I’m pulling for him—if he reaches his ceiling, he should exceed Mize or Skubal. We just have to be patient—I’m encouraged by what he’s doing getting his feet wet in A ball.

It’s definitely delicate, without knowing the specifics. I think you have to give him the benefit of the doubt.

I had looked up his stats a few weeks back and was surprised at how mediocre he looked (and that might be generous). I was on his bandwagon for awhile. Glad to be proven wrong.

Too much corruption in the fan vote.

Kemp > Higgy

1. He personifies the worst era in Tigers baseball for me. 2. He famously was outspoken about our Moneyball trade with the A’s that sent Jeff Weaver packing. 3. His dad used to frequent the old Freep Tigers forum and stir up shit. 4. I’m pretty sure Bobby was using steroids and his steep decline occurred after he stopped. 5. He still remains one of my favorite baseball cards:

Ironically. West Michigan put up 20 runs in their win. How many HR’s contributed to this total?: 0

Disagree—he’s fine in a platoon. He’d get 70% of the AB’s anyway

We should cut Grossman and demote Willi. I’d like to see Greene, Meadows and a Baddoo/Cameron platoon moving forward.

What debacle? Not an Avila apologist, but Mayer isn’t exactly tearing up the minors. I’m OK with the Jobe-Madden-Pacheco troika right now,

I hope Kris Bubic appreciates the opportunity that he has been gifted today.

I’ll be bummed if they pass on a bat like Jung. His profile is much needed in our org.

Could just be lazy reporting/speculating based on track record. Let’s hope.

Packard has also heated up in WM, along with recently demoted Cabrera. Both should probably be higher, but nice to see them having a bit of success. Also, like to see what Pacheco is doing in Lakeland: By comparison:

Spoiler Alert: we still suck. Only 5 teams in MLB with worse records and the Royals are playing better recently.

Actually, I could see them going after Correa again, especially if Ilitch and Avila are trying to get the fanbase on their side. Move Baez to 2B and make Schoop a super-utility guy.

If you go by Twitter, one of the biggest losers in the NBA draft last night was Al Avila. Lots of meme’s and digs at his expense. He’s basically become the Fredo of the Detroit sports front office community. .

Many pitching positives, which makes me think we can weather having Mize out next season, and perhaps Manning, too. Flores and Madden may be able to contribute at the MLB level. Garrett Hill and Bergner aren’t far behind. We should be getting Turnbull and ERod back. If Faedo and Brieske show they belong, we’ll have some depth, particularly when Lynn Henning masterminds trading Tarik Skubal for a bat.

Illitch family has precedent doing this with Jimmy Devellano with the Wings.

You either have amnesia or stepped away for a bit, but that trade was hailed as genius when it happened. And most of the talk was that we had our next catcher—not a stopgap.